Mary Villiers, Dutchess of Lennox and Richmond

Mary Villiers, Dutchess of Lennox and Richmond

Wenceslaus Hollar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Mary Villiers, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, half-length against a landscape in the background, turned to the left, but looking towards the viewer, wearing a dress and scarf, pearl necklace, and earrings and jewelry around the waist and upper left arm, holding a rose in her right hand at the level of her chest and two roses with the left on her lap. after Van Dyck

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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